Interests

Teaching

2018 Spring Adaptation & Resilience in Water Resource Systems, GEOG 696O (S17, F13, S11) 2016 Spring Water Management & Policy: Water-Energy-Food Nexus, GEOG 596J (F11, S10, F07)2015 Spring Water Resource Assessment, GEOG 469/569 (S08 as GEOG 467)2015 Spring Water, Environment, and Society, GEOG 304 (S14, S12, F10, F09, S07)(S17 = previously taught 2017 Spring, etc.)

Research

• Resilience, adaptation, social-ecological systems• Water-energy nexus, infrastructure, policy• Groundwater, irrigation• Urban-wastewater irrigation, water reuse, agricultural-urban water transfers• Transboundary river basins and aquifers• Mountain water towers, Andes, Himalayas• Southwest US; Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru); South Asia (India, Nepal)

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

Chapters

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  Scott, C.A., F. Zhang, A. Mukherji (coordinating lead authors); W. Immerzeel, L. Bharati, D. Mustafa (lead authors); H. Zhang, T. Albrecht, A. Lutz, S. Nepal, A. Siddiqi, H. Kuemmerle, M. Qadir, S. Bhuchar, A. Prakash, R. Sinha (contributing authors). 2019. Water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Chapter 8 in P. Wester, A. Mishra, A. Mukherji, A.B. Shrestha (eds.), The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment – Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People, Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_8.

Journals/Publications

Proceedings Publications

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  White, J. and L. Geller (rapporteurs), C.A. Scott (committee chair), et al. 2018. Advancing Sustainability of U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Drylands: Proceedings of a Workshop. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine with Mexican Academy of Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi.org/10.17226/25253, http://nap.edu/25253.

Presentations

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  SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (+ = invited)Colloquia2019 + Sustaining groundwater irrigation in breadbasket regions: A water-energy-food nexus diagnostic assessment, Colloquium - Dept. of Ecosystem Science and Management, Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program Speaker Series, Pennsylvania State University, October 8, 2019.Seminars2019 + Food-energy-water nexus: Opportunities and limits of integrationist frameworks (via Zoom), Postgraduate Winter School, University of West of England, Bristol, UK, January 14, 2019.Symposia2019 + Expert Panel: The Future of Free Trade and North America. Arizona and the Future of North American Trade, University of Arizona, Tucson, Oct. 30, 2019.2019 + Water security in headwater-dependent systems, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, November 4-10, 2019.2019 + A research network for the resilience of headwater systems and water availability for downstream communities across the Americas, Research Cooperative Network, Coupled Natural and Human Systems (RCN-CNH) project partners meeting, Univ. de Chile, Univ. de Concepción, Univ. Católica de Concepción, Chile, July 8-12, 2019.2019 + (Univ. Arizona representative and coordinator), Alliance for Border Solutions, Univ. California – San Diego, La Jolla, CA, June 5-8, 2019.2019 + River-basin water security, Inter-American Institute (IAI) project partners final meeting, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, April 8-12, 2019.Conferences2019 Headwater-dependent systems: definition, drivers of change and potential futures, presented by C.A. Scott on behalf of co-authors, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, 2019.2019 Hydro-energy cooperation in the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal region: Prospects for transboundary energy and water security in South Asia, presented by C.A. Scott on behalf of co-authors, Science, Health, Engineering Policy and Diplomacy; Sustainable Development for the Americas, Tucson, AZ, October 23-25, 2019.2019 + The nexus of water, energy, and food securities: human well-being and climate resilience, Water Security Week, Instituto Mexicano de la Tecnología del Agua, Jiutepec, Morelos, September 9-12, 2019. 2019 One swallow does not make a summer, presented by M. Kurian on behalf of co-authors, Sixth Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW), “Governance: Past, Present, and Future,” Bloomington, IN, June 19-21, 2019.2019 Evidence-based decision making in a post-truth world, Universities Council on Water Resources, Snowbird, UT, June 11-13, 2019.2019 Integrating water, energy, and food securities in the ‘urban century,’ American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 3-7, 2019. 2019 + Seguridad hídrica en el continente americano, Agua para el Futuro, Mendoza, Argentina, March 7-8, 2019. https://aguaparaelfuturo.com/inicio/.2019 + Communicating sciences across boundaries, American Association for Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, February 14-16, 2019.Engagement with policy-makers2019 + Expert Panel: The Future of Free Trade and North America. Arizona and the Future of North American Trade, University of Arizona, Tucson, Oct. 30, 2019.2019 Energy Development and Indigenous Lands: Divisions, Synergies, and Opportunities for Native Nations, Association for Conflict Resolution, Tucson AZ, September 18-21, 2019.2019 + Outdoor Recreation Summit of Tribal Leaders, Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Denver CO, June 17, 20192019 + The Global Water Security Challenge, International Water Resources Association Webinar, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6zyk1-wZQo&feature=youtu.be, April 16, 2019.2019 + Expert panel: Water security in the Americas, Agua para el Futuro, Mendoza, Argentina, March 7-8, 2019. https://aguaparaelfuturo.com/inicio/.

Reviews

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  Varady, R.G., C.A. Scott. 2013. How Should We Understand “Water Security”? Water Resources Research Center. http://wrrc.arizona.edu/awr/w13/security

Case Studies

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  Evaluación del Impacto Transfronterizo de Proyectos de Infraestructura de Saneamiento en Ambos Nogales Informe de avances preparado para el Banco de Desarrollo de América del Norte.A report that documents the impact evaluation of the International Wastewater Treatment Plant that we conducted on both sides of the border in Ambos Nogales for the North American Development Bank. We received comments on this in November 2018 and finalized the report for submission in spring 2019. MDP student Karina Martinez is a research assistant on the project.

Others

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  Evaluación del Impacto Transfronterizo de Proyectos de Infraestructura de Saneamiento en Ambos Nogales Informe de avances preparado para el Banco de Desarrollo de América del Norte.A report that documents the impact evaluation of the International Wastewater Treatment Plant that we conducted on both sides of the border in Ambos Nogales for the North American Development Bank. We received comments on this in November 2018 and are now developing the final report for submission in spring 2019. MDP student Karina Martinez is a research assistant on the project.